david cohen is from the treasury department. they are both very confident, dedicated, and experienced public servants. we are happy to have them here to answer our questions today. obviously with the kuds force allegedly plotting to kill the saudi ambassador in the united states right here in washington, d.c., and we i.a.e.a. issuing a report about iran's activities relative to nuclear processing, these haleh the strategic challenge that we face. i not to say more i am. to listen carefully and look forward to the testimony of both of our witnesses. senator lugar. >> mr. chairman, i join you in welcoming our distinguished witnesses. we hope it will eliminate administrative strategy towards iran's nuclear program and other activities and the middle east. iran continues to be a direct threat to united states national security. the security of israel and other u.s. interest in the region. the october disruption of an alleged plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador in the united states implicated the iranian government. the regime a

obama, secretary state clinton, secretary of treasury geithner, the head of the office of ofac, and david cohen, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at treasury. . history will be their judge if they fail to act. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the the gentlewoman from california, ms. woolsey, for five minutes. ms. woolsey: thank you, madam speaker. now this war in iraq is drawing to a close, this is the perfect moment to reset our national security strategy. to change our underlying approach to protecting america. unfortunately on the very day that the president visited fort bragg to affirm our full military withdrawal from iraq, this body approved without my vote the national defense authorization act which will continue to dedicate billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars to warfare and weaponry. while it's true that the bill represents some modest attempt at cuts, authorizing less than current law spending and less than the president requested, we are still talking about $662 billion in defense programs. $662 billion i

and the under secretary of the treasury for financial intelligence david cohen wrote "treasury is calling out the intiern iranian banking system including the central bank of iran has proliferation financing, money landering risk for the global financial system." mr. president, i don't know how much more compelling even the administration's own arguments are. as i have said on this floor, iran's conduct threatens the national security of the united states and its allies. the complicit action of the central bank of iran based on facilitation of the evasion of multilateral sanctions against the government of iran, engagement in deceptive transactions and most importantly its provision of financial services in support of iran's effort to acquire the knowledge, materials, and facilities to enrich uranium and to ultimately develop weapons of mass destruction threaten regional peace and global security. this amendment will starve the beast. it requires the president to prohibit transactions of iranian financial institutions that touch u.s. financial institutions. and to ensure that we don't spo

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supervisor cohen: not so much from the city, but from the event organizing side. >> david perry did come to the association to talk about opportunities with the america's cup and the question came up there for artists to work in the neighborhood. what about the arts? and we really did not get much of an answer at that point. i think there are two different consortiums of the arts groups. on top of that there has been independent efforts from arts organizations leaving on their own and there was some progress in getting an appointment or two with the event authority or the organizing community. but then not much traffic -- traction in the last four or five months. supervisor cohen: has the organizing committee reached out? what has your interaction been with the city? >> in terms of when the the arts -- organizations have met with the port, they have met with michael martin. they have a very good composition with him. it is single province that happened about four or six months ago and not much has happened. >> nothing tangible. >> you will miller from other people. we need to get going f

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and the under secretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, david cohen, has written, and i quote, "treasury is calling out the entire iranian banking center, including the central bank of iran, as posing terrorist financing, proliferation financing, and money laundering risk to the global financial system." close quote. so, mr. president, the administration's own descritions clearly show that iran -- own decisions clearly show that iran's conduct threatens the united states and its allies. and the complicit action of the central bank of iran based on its facilityatio facilitation, t in deceptive financial practices and elicit transsk transactionsd most importantly its provision of financial services in support of iran's efforts to acquire the knowledge, materials, and facilities to enrich uranium and to ultimately develop weapons of mass destruction threaten regional peace and global security. we recently learned just how far down the nuclear road iran has come. the international atomic energy agency's report indicates what all of us already success specked: that ira